The 20 best jobs in the UK
Do you think you have the best job out of all your mates? Well, now you can prove to them that you do, if it is on this list of course. Glassdoor recently put together a list of the best jobs in the UK by measuring and combining three key factors: number of job openings, salary and career opportunities rating. These were the ones that stood out across all three categories. Will you be suddenly much happier of your career choice?
20. Consultant
Any good at providing advice in a particular area like accountancy, law or marketing? You might want to consider this job role for yourself as the average salary for a consultant is an impressive £41,700 with a good career opportunity rating of 3.5 out of 5.
19. Business Development Executive
Years ago this job role would be classed as sales, however the role has become quite a popular choice in recent years. The average salary is £25,000 but with over 2,000 job openings, you can take your pick of which company suits you best.
18. Accountant
This is definitely a role you should be considering if you love numbers and the world of finance. The career opportunity score is a fairly good 3.1, which means with a little hard work, you would soon be raking a promotion in. We’re sure you will cope with a comfortable £32,000 average salary until then mind.
17. Brand Manager
Up for the challenge of creating a lasting impression? Love keeping up with the latest advertising and marketing trends? This is your kind of job then and the average salary of £45,000 isn’t one worth complaining about either. Get your skates on though, there are only a little over 600 job openings for the role.
16. Sales Manager
If you like being the one in charge and are excellent at selling, managing a team of sales representatives could be right up your street. You can be fussy with the career choice too, with over 11,000 job openings in the UK and an impressive salary of £37,500.
15. Solutions Architect
A solution architect’s job typically involves selecting the most appropriate technology for a problem by functional analysts and describing it through architecture and design artefacts. Sound complicated? Best get your head around it if you fancy being on an average salary of a whopping £63,500.
14. Recruitment Consultant
If you’re any good at matching skills to an appropriate job for candidates and clients, this could be the job for you. The average salary is only £22,000 but with over 7,000 job openings and a career opportunity score of 3.8, you’ll be running the company within a year or so!
13. Recruitment Manager
If you have the skills of a consultant but also show evidence of being able to design strategies to attract candidates and can also interview them, you should consider this job. Recruitment managers tend to bring in an average salary of £43,000 and the role comes in at 4.3 for career opportunity, meaning that the possibilities could be endless if this was your job.
12. Account Manager
Fancy maintaining a company’s relationships with clients and customers every day? You can take your pick of over 5,200 job openings and be happy with an average salary of £35,000. However, the career opportunity score comes in at 3.2, so you will need to be grafting to get higher.
11. Marketing Analyst
If you have excellent attention to detail and the ability to analyse and communicate information, this particular role could be your cup of tea with an average salary of £30, 225. There are also over 2,300 roles out there to apply for and with a career opportunity score of 3.7, you’ll be working your way up to management in no time.
10. Software Engineer
If you feel like IT and everything digital is your calling in life, you should consider taking this role on. With over 23,000 job openings currently out there and an average salary of £40,000, you would be mad not to take your chance with this job.
9. Product Manager
A product manager researches then selects and drives the development of products for an organization, sound like your style? We reckon you would be happy with an average salary of a whopping £54,000 and with over 2,000 job openings, it is time to start applying.
8. Project Manager
Like being the bossy one at work? A project manager takes overall charge of the planning and execution of projects. The job comes with a pretty good average salary of £45,675 and there are currently over 7,100 job openings out there.
7. Commercial Manager
Fancy having an average salary of £57,000? Don’t we all! However, if you like the sound of being a commercial manager and have the skills of budgeting, planning and love a good meeting, you ought to apply for this role. Be quick though, there aren’t that many of these roles to go around.
6. Business Analyst
A business analysts job is to identify business needs and to find solutions to any problems. So if you like a bit of business-like detective work, get applying as it has an impressive 3.4 career opportunity score and a very good salary of £41,000.
5. Marketing Manager
Like planning? Tick. Love communicating? Tick. Good at promoting a product? Tick. What are you waiting for then, a marketing manager is the perfect role for a creative type who wants to be on a decent salary of £45,000.
4. HR Manager
If you’re good with people and have excellent communication skills, the world of HR may be for you. You will manage employee relations and deal with any training and things that need improving, as well as whole range of other things. The role comes in at a fantastic 3.8 career opportunity score, making it one of the highest in the top 20. That is not the only high thing either, with an average salary of £50,000.
3. Operations Manager
Oversee the production of a business every day and see if it is effective enough and if you love statistics but crave creativity, you will love this job. The role tends to offer opportunities to get higher too, but we’re sure you won’t struggle on £45,000 until then.
2. Finance Manager
With this role you would be responsible for providing financial advice and support to clients and colleagues. Like the sound of having so much responsibility? Good job it comes with an average salary of £55,000 then!
1. Business Development Manager
With over 5,000 job openings currently out there, this could be the perfect role for you if like identifying sales leads, pitching to clients whilst maintaining relationships with your current ones. However, good communication is the main element of the role, so if you have that, sit back and enjoy an average salary of £40,000 and work your way up slowly with a career opportunity score of 4.3.
